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Chiropractic,
Medical & Massage Services
Preferred Physicians Group
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Our Medical Doctor,
Chiropractic Physicians and our Massage therapist can help you with
your injuries or pains!
You’ve been in a car accident and you’re hurt. Of course you deserve
medical care, who will diagnose your injuries and provide you with
ongoing treatment. Your injury doctor should be specially trained
and experienced in the trauma you suffered. Post-Accident Pain -
Uncovering "Hidden" Injuries |
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When an
accident occurs some injuries are obvious. Broken bones, bruising,
and bleeding from cuts or lacerations are all signs that let you and
others around you know that you’ve been hurt. This type of injury
typically gets “discovered” and treated right away by a medical
doctor and other trained medical professionals. But there are other,
less obvious injuries that occur, even in seemingly minor accidents,
which are just as real but far more difficult to recognize,
diagnose, and treat.
These “hidden” injuries are less obvious and usually result from the
stress and strain put on your body from the force of impact of the
collision between your vehicle and another object. These injuries
typically take longer to appear than other blunt trauma injuries and
the injured may not even begin to feel symptoms or become of aware
of their condition until days, weeks, and even months after the
fact. Adding to the difficulties of these conditions, “hidden”
injuries are often impossible to test for with traditional
diagnostic equipment such as x-rays, MRIs, and CAT scans. These
machines do not register these kind of soft tissue injuries, even
though both the damage and pain are very real.
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Massage for
Auto Accident Injuries
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Immediately after a car
accident, massage therapy can help you recover by helping to restore
balance to your autonomic nervous system – i.e., the relaxation
benefits of massage can help reverse the effects that the shock and
trauma of a car wreck can have on your nervous system. Massage also
promotes circulation of both blood and lymph, which can help manage
the swelling (edema) that usually comes with auto accident injuries.
During the sub-acute stage (a few days to a few weeks, or even
longer, after the accident), massage can help maintain and improve
range of motion and may help prevent the formation of scar tissue
and other myofascial adhesions. Later in your recovery, orthopedic
massage can address specific musculoskeletal injuries like whiplash,
neck pain, back pain, headaches, shoulder sprains/strains, etc.
Our auto accident massage treatments follow this protocol. Early in
your treatment, I focus on addressing the effects of trauma, using
relaxing techniques like Swedish massage and craniosacral technique.
As soon as it is safe, we incorporate Swedish gymnastics, deep
tissue massage, muscle energy technique, and other modalities to
increase range of motion and prevent scar tissue and other
myofascial adhesions from forming. Later in your recovery, we may
add orthopedic massage techniques designed to address specific
musculoskeletal conditions like myofascial adhesions, muscle
strains, ligament sprains, etc.
No two car accidents are the same, and everyone responds
differently, so I always adapt my treatments to your unique needs.
Many factors (the severity of the accident, the extent and nature of
your injuries, your daily activities, etc.) affect your recovery,
and I account for these factors in your care. |
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